{"id":111655,"date":"2025-05-18T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111655\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:15:10","slug":"sebastian-stans-marvel-role-was-almost-very-different-would-it-have-been-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111655\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Stan’s Marvel Role Was Almost Very Different (Would It Have Been Better?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are countless stories of actors missing out on superhero roles. Sometimes, a big star passes on a part because it\u2019s not right for them, such as Amanda Seyfried turning down the chance to play Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>. But more times than not, a lesser-known actor just can\u2019t get over the hump. Asa Butterfield certainly fits into that category, as he was up for Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War. Fortunately, Butterfield went on to have a great career, and there are several other instances of actors losing out on a comic book role and still finding success elsewhere.<\/p>\n

However, losing out on a major part in the MCU hasn\u2019t discouraged every actor from getting back on the horse (or, in this case, putting on a different suit). For example, Sebastian Stan auditioned to play a hero in the franchise\u2019s early days, and while he didn\u2019t get the job, it led him to the role of a lifetime. <\/p>\n

Sebastian Stan Was Nearly the Hero Instead of the Sidekick in Captain America: The First Avenger<\/p>\n

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In the late 2000s, following the success of Iron Man and the positive reception to its post-credits scene, Marvel Studios was looking to build the rest of its Avengers roster. Of course, Robert Downey Jr. was already on board, but the rest of the team still needed to be cast. The powers that be eventually settled on relatively unknown actor Chris Hemsworth for the role of Thor, leaving Captain America as the big boots to fill. Marvel considered several future stars, including Chris Pratt and John Krasinski. Stan also found himself in the mix, but he was told he wasn\u2019t right for the part<\/a>, and it eventually went to Fantastic Four star Chris Evans.<\/p>\n

While getting so close to a role as big as Captain America probably stung, Stan didn\u2019t let failure deter him. Marvel offered him the role of Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers\u2019 childhood friend who becomes his sidekick during World War II, and he ran with it, delivering a great performance in The First Avenger before returning as the titular villain in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. However, while Marvel is surely happy with its decision, there\u2019s a chance that Stan would\u2019ve taken Cap to new heights. <\/p>\n

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Would Sebastian Stan Have Been a Better Captain America in the Long Run?<\/p>\n

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After landing the Captain America role, Evans quickly proved that he was up for the task, becoming one of the faces of the MCU alongside Downey Jr.\u2019s Iron Man and Hemsworth\u2019s Thor. However, by playing Monday morning quarterback, it\u2019s easy to see that Stan had the potential to lead his own franchise as well. The actor earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as Donald Trump in The Apprentice and appeared in several critically acclaimed movies that show off his range, playing a psychotic boyfriend in I, Tonya and a brave astronaut in The Martian. Evans also has some impressive projects on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, including Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Snowpiercer, but he\u2019s seen more as an action star than an Oscar-caliber actor. That doesn\u2019t mean the two actors ended up in the wrong places, though.<\/p>\n

If Stan had landed the role and The First Avenger went off without a hitch, he probably would\u2019ve done a good job and helped make Captain America a household name. However, one aspect of the movie would\u2019ve suffered: Bucky. Stan fits the Bucky role so well that he\u2019s stuck around for well over a decade, being one of only two actors to appear in every MCU phase. It\u2019s unlikely that anyone else would\u2019ve turned Bucky into such a success story, and Stan may not have benefited that much from the arrangement, either, as Cap called it quits and gave up his shield to Sam Wilson<\/a> at the end of Avengers: Endgame. While Stan may have enjoyed being one of the faces of the MCU for a short time, his settling for the sidekick role was the best decision he ever made, as both he and the MCU are still benefiting from it to this day. <\/p>\n

Did you know that Sebastian Stan auditioned to play Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger? How would he have changed Cap\u2019s role in the franchise? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are countless stories of actors missing out on superhero roles. Sometimes, a big star passes on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[50683,77,15576,3943,4580,22739,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-111655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-captain-america-the-first-avenger","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-regular-feature","13":"tag-thunderbolts-2025","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114528788477279777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}